8  Miles Durham
	Class: Junior Hometown: Abilene, Texas High School: Cooper Height / Weight: 6-3 / 195 Position: OF Bats/Throws: Left/Right

1999 Honors: Baseball America Preseason All Big 12 … Baseball America Preseason Top Prospects for 2000 MLB Draft.

1999: Started games at designated hitter and in the outfield … 1998 starter in rightfield … hit .500 (4-8) with three RBI in NCAA Regional … hit two home runs in four-game series vs. UT-Pan American including grand slam (1-2), four RBI performance on 3/21 … went 2-3 with three runs and RBI vs. New Mexico … went 2-4 with run and RBI at Southern California on 2/12 … went 4-6 with three runs, three RBI, triple and home run on 2/7 vs. Howard … hit two home runs and went 3-5 with double, walk, four runs and four RBI on 2/6 vs. Howard.

1998 National/Conference Rankings: 3rd in Big 12 in triples (5) ... 8th in Big 12 in stolen bases (23) ... 5th in Big 12 games only in triples (3) ... 13th in Big 12 games only in stolen bases (7).

1998: Red Raiders' starting rightfielder who contributed speed and athleticism to lineup ... tied Texas Tech game stolen bases record with four steals vs. New Mexico Highlands ... hit .333 in February, .339 in March and .329 in April ... went 5-9 with three runs, RBI, two doubles and triple in series vs. Texas ... hit home run and went 2-4 vs. Oklahoma State ... hit home runs in three consecutive games ... went 4-5 with with three RBI and three runs scored vs. Valley City State ... went 2-4 with five RBI, home run and double vs. Missouri ... began season with a 13-game hitting streak ... went 6-13 with two runs and three RBI in series vs. Iowa State ... batted .339 in the month of March ... finished season with 19 multi-hit games.

1997 USA Baseball Experience: Selected to tryout in fall for 1998 USA Baseball squad.

High School: A 1997 graduate of Abilene Cooper High School where he was coached by Coach Allen and Coach Mavroulis ... batted .487 along with five home runs, 13 triples, 32 RBI and 50 runs scored as a senior at Abilene ... named All-State and First Team All-District as a senior and First Team All-District as a junior ... selected All-Area and All-Big County as a senior and junior ... led Cooper to three baseball district championships ... selected to play in Class 5A-4A All Star Game for North squad at The Ballpark in Arlington ... lettered three years for Cooper in baseball and football ... named First Team All-District two years in football ... selected All-State in football as a senior ... caught 51 passes for 880 yards and nine touchdowns in football as a senior ... helped lead football team to three state championship appearances ... involved in several clubs including PALS and Young Life.

Personal: Born Robert Miles Durham on August 19, 1978 in Abilene, Texas ... son of Robert Wayne and Suanne Durham ... Public Relations major ... has one brother, Nathan, 22 ... father, Robert graduated from Texas A&M and mother Suanne graduated from Abilene Christian ... hobbies include fly fishing and reading ... participated in PALS and Young Life ... named "Mr. Cooper High School" as a senior ... drafted in the sixth round by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1997 MLB draft ... also recruited to play football at Texas Tech among other universities ... played for Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League over summer.

Durham's Career Highs - At-bats: 6, twice (last vs. Howard, 2/7/99); Runs: 4, twice (last vs. Howard, 2/6/99); Hits: 4, twice (last vs. Howard, 2/7/99); Home Runs: 2, vs. Howard, 2/6/99; RBI: 5, vs. Missouri, 4/3/98; Walks: 3, vs. Howard, 2/5/99